DC PSA Profile
Population Public Assistance
Population by Race/Ethnicity Housing Conditions
Family Risk Factors Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Isolation Indicators Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Child Well-Being Indicators Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Income Conditions  
 
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Population
Population, 1980 23,697 14,185 5,145 28,943
Population, 1990 19,734 13,487 3,751 30,169
Population, 2000 17,212 12,712 5,043 29,791
% change population, 1980-1990 -17 -4.9 -42 21
% change population, 1990-2000 -13 -5.7 -33 40
% children, 1980 32 22 1.7 42
% children, 1990 26 19 1.4 38
% children, 2000 28 20 1.2 41
% change child population, 1980-1990 -31 -19 -53 13
% change child population, 1990-2000 -6.0 -2.0 -35 58
% foreign born, 1980 0.9 6.4 0.8 19
% foreign born, 1990 1.2 9.7 0.5 32
% foreign born, 2000 0.9 13 0.5 38
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 66 53 12 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 64 50 13 67
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 98 65 3.7 99
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 98 61 3.9 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 0.4 27 0.1 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 0.8 28 0.1 86
% Hispanic, 1990 0.7 5.2 0.2 26
% Hispanic, 2000 0.8 7.9 0.2 33
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 0.2 1.8 0.0 7.6
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 0.2 3.0 0.0 13
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 27 19 3.0 40
Poverty rate (%), 1990 26 17 3.9 37
Poverty rate (%), 2000 28 20 2.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 13 6.8 1.7 13
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 10 7.2 1.6 17
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 16 11 1.5 31
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 49 59 40 78
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 52 62 40 84
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 39 57 35 80
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 51 33 6.0 57
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 43 27 4.4 49
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 34 22 2.1 48
% female-headed families with children, 1990 66 54 3.6 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 67 52 8.8 77
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 94 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 59 63 39 96
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 38 25 0.0 51
% children in poverty, 2000 39 32 0.9 62
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 16 13 2.5 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 17 13 3.8 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 11 12 5.6 24
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 18 12 3.5 20
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 15 12 2.6 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 16 11 4.5 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 17 11 3.2 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 13 11 4.4 18
% births to teen mothers, 1998 21 15 0.0 31
% births to teen mothers, 1999 23 15 0.0 30
% births to teen mothers, 2000 25 14 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2001 20 13 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2002 18 13 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2003 20 11 0.0 22
% births to teen mothers, 2004 16 11 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2005 17 11 0.0 25
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 40,549 59,101 29,801 153,230
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 41,421 71,274 30,456 209,424
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 39,689 78,192 23,219 236,015
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 2.1 21 -4.9 81
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 -4.2 9.7 -25 44
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 5,164 1,789 13 6,905
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 4,983 1,696 16 6,395
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 5,027 1,737 16 6,685
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 5,289 1,887 15 7,224
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 5,477 2,001 16 7,387
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 5,953 2,046 22 7,183
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 6,200 2,018 17 7,157
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 6,079 1,986 16 7,191
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 3,519 1,309 0.0 5,712
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 3,325 1,139 6.0 5,159
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 3,003 1,035 6.0 4,672
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 3,029 1,030 5.0 4,483
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 3,166 1,046 0.0 4,690
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 3,145 1,052 6.0 4,855
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 3,148 1,088 5.0 4,706
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 3,324 1,068 5.0 4,527
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 3,313 991 0.0 4,010
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 3,192 941 0.0 3,992
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 7,965 5,625 1,545 16,492
Occupied housing units, 1990 7,213 5,547 1,415 17,447
Occupied housing units, 2000 6,579 5,519 1,361 17,648
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 5.1 6.0 0.7 13
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 5.7 8.0 3.1 18
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 9.9 6.2 1.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 40 35 1.4 71
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 44 39 0.9 73
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 46 41 3.2 73
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 113 78 0.0 187
Number of sales, 1996 144 85 0.0 210
Number of sales, 1997 149 95 0.0 245
Number of sales, 1998 171 125 0.0 344
Number of sales, 1999 155 118 0.0 333
Number of sales, 2000 147 90 0.0 241
Number of sales, 2001 143 97 0.0 264
Number of sales, 2002 162 100 0.0 267
Number of sales, 2003 139 99 0.0 257
Number of sales, 2004 216 110 0.0 293
Number of sales, 2005 214 100 0.0 255
Number of sales, 2006 185 81 0.0 211
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 95,236 199,052 84,012 515,634
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 94,520 188,536 77,951 495,559
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 93,013 197,758 86,595 529,659
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 100,083 206,950 71,234 538,072
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 93,341 217,272 65,961 642,188
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 100,397 249,063 76,525 677,895
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 111,023 285,643 111,023 854,656
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 120,458 331,983 120,458 844,236
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 140,857 373,059 136,429 903,121
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 159,156 424,034 148,125 987,866
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 220,825 504,726 185,790 1,141,283
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 257,121 532,931 223,137 1,370,452
% annual change median price, 1996-2006 11 11 7.0 21
% annual change median price, 2001-2006 18 13 2.7 25
% annual change median price, 2005-2006 16 5.6 -12 28
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 18 39 0.0 91
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 24 53 1.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 23 59 3.8 143
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 32 61 6.8 145
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 29 63 4.5 166
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 36 67 1.5 169
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 37 71 0.0 191
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 65 88 1.5 456
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 74 102 2.3 1,197
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 41,571 68,327 0.0 156,997
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 38,404 70,777 27,742 161,899
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 43,593 69,197 21,228 157,588
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 40,424 76,807 20,564 171,100
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 40,645 81,781 37,658 184,286
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 47,125 83,460 32,285 171,951
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 48,557 84,332 0.0 181,546
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 54,361 91,215 33,084 170,718
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 66,705 104,052 54,847 189,432
% subprime loans, 1997 29 3.9 0.0 47
% subprime loans, 1998 46 5.9 0.0 89
% subprime loans, 1999 32 4.5 0.0 38
% subprime loans, 2000 21 5.1 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2001 7.2 3.1 0.0 17
% subprime loans, 2002 5.6 2.8 0.0 16
% subprime loans, 2003 11 3.6 0.0 19
% subprime loans, 2004 15 5.3 0.0 18
% subprime loans, 2005 25 10 0.5 100
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 23 15 0.8 70
Violent crimes, 2001 24 16 0.8 68
Violent crimes, 2002 22 16 0.4 59
Violent crimes, 2003 23 16 0.5 64
Violent crimes, 2004 19 14 0.6 49
Violent crimes, 2005 23 14 0.5 43
Property crimes, 2000 52 54 3.1 375
Property crimes, 2001 55 56 0.6 345
Property crimes, 2002 55 55 1.1 288
Property crimes, 2003 75 55 3.2 227
Property crimes, 2004 53 48 2.7 197
Property crimes, 2005 42 44 4.2 191

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Prepared by NeighborhoodInfo DC (revised February 20, 2008).
 
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